Two occurrences isn’t enough to officially call this a pattern, but it was enough to make me raise my eyebrows and want to discuss it with you guys. Twice in a few weeks, I’ve received messages via OKCupid that start with a name-specific greeting that isn’t my name! As in, “Hey Natalie” and “Hi Annie!” Seriously, see below:

I can assure you that not only do I not imply either of those are my name anywhere in my profile, but my user name actually includes my first name!! Which as you all know is Gena. Not Jenna. And certainly NOT Natalie or Annie.

So .huh?!? Is this a new trick guys are trying to get you to respond? Like, maybe they think if they call me by the wrong name, I’m more likely to write back and say “Hey dude, wrong name” and then sexy conversation will just stem naturally from there? Um, wrong. Or have I just been the unfortunate victim of two copy-and-paste accidents?